Diane’s World

I just saw some old man riding a lawnmower down the street a few times… shortly being followed by another old guy skipping like a little girl down the street carrying a weed wacker.

No doubt about it, I’m in Washington. *sigh*.
CLICK HERE FOR THE SONG OF THE WEEK:::CLICK HERE FOR THE LYRICS
The lyrics this week are very fitting to my situation… just listen to the song. It’s a good one called “You’re Heart is An Empty Room” by Death Cab For Cutie. If you don’t know who they are, shame on you.

And I’m too lazy to find my camera cord, so you’ll have to be entertained with some Google images.

Well… let’s start with the good stuff:

I got a job at Target. Hooray! Very flexible hours + Better pay than Dordt’s work study = happy Diane. Unfortunately, I don’t start work until next Tuesday. Boo.

I have this strange ability to walk into a place, ask for a job, and receive it immediately. This is the second time this has occurred. Odd.

I was even extremely adamant about not working on Sunday. I do believe my direct quote was “I don’t cheat, lie, steal, do drugs, commit adultery or work on Sunday”.

And they still hired me.

haha.

I’m still waiting to hear from my second job at the Glass Museum:

There were some staffing changes that is making life a little difficult.. but hopefully the new person in charge of me recognizes that the person before him already agreed to hire me. We’ll see. (grr)

I’ve been working out a lot. Mom got me a YMCA membership and we go together every morning:

I am working on my long-distance running again. It is a new goal of mine to be able to run 6 miles easily by the end of summer. (I currently can do 2 miles with no breaks… yes I have a ways to go.)
My mom also is getting me to do some gardening:

Creating flower pot arrangements and weed extermination are now two of my specialties.

And as always, I have the cutest nephews.

(HAHA! I stole these pictures from Rachel’s websites. Sorry if you read her site… but I’m sure Sammy and Patrick pictures never get old, eh?)

Yup.

Not much else going on… it’s weird being back and not having a load of homework to do, meetings to go to, and friends to hang out with. I do miss Dordt… I love having a gagillion activities to choose from.

And I desperately miss the art room and painting:

I really need to go buy some art supplies and get working on that again. It’s weird when something is part of your every day life for four months, and all the sudden you aren’t able to do it anymore.

Graduating this December is going to be a hard thing for me to do because of that.
Oh… and once I start my job at Target, I plan to buy a cell phone. I’m tired of being disconnected from the world. Stay tuned for the next week or so for this momentous occasion. Yeah, I know… I’m growing up so quickly.

All in all: I still miss being at Dordt. I think this is the first semester in which I wasn’t racing to come back home. Don’t get me wrong, home is nice - I love my parents and family, but I left my friends and artwork in Iowa. I kind of want them back.
Well I have a date with the weeds… er… meaning I have to pull them (don’t worry, I had to take a drug test yesterday and I passed ).

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love, *~*Deedles*~*